> another intersting mounting idea. I can't quite tell from your photo
> what you connected those Shure propietary (? do these have a name?)
> connectors into. From Curt's site it looks like he rewired his direct
> to XLR?
Hi Ken, This should help a little.
Searching the archive, I found message 19189 where Rob provided
diagrams of two ways to wire the 183s.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naturerecordists/message/19189
http://www.uwm.edu/~type/Mic%20Preamps/shure183p-i-pAdaptercable.jpg
http://www.uwm.edu/~type/Mic%20Preamps/ShureWR-183WiringNoTA4M's.jpg
You can keep the TA4F connectors intact and make an adapter cable
using two TA4M some stereo wire connectors and a 3.5mm stereo miniplug
- that's how I did mine.
Or you can remove the TA4F connectors and wire the cables directly to
the miniplug.
The first adapter I made was only a few inches long which meant I had
to fasten my recorder to the tree, since the cables would not reach to
the ground. In my photo you saw a temporary solution to the problem,
where I used a cheap 10 foot headphone extension cable connected to
the adapter. That extension cable seemed to cause noise problems, so I
abandoned it: and then made a new adapter cable with longer cables.
I ordered my connectors from www.btx.com
Right angle stereo miniplug: #CA-35HDRABAU
Male four pin mini xlr - TAF4M: #CA-TA4ML
I will post some more photos of the microphone mounts as soon as I
find a camera to borrow.
-John Hartog
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